Work tool vision system
AssigneeCaterpillar Inc.
InventorsJoe E. Forcash, Michael Hoffelder, Robert C. McCall, Lawrence A. Mianzo
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Abstract
A method for monitoring the movement of a work tool of a machine using a work tool vision a comprises sensing data related to the image of a work tool, selecting a template of an image of a work tool, and displaying the sensed image of the work tool after modifying the sensed image of the work tool by at least zooming on a portion of the sensed data of the image if the sensed data of the image of a work tool matches the template of an image of a work tool.
Claims20
A method for monitoring the movement of a work tool of a machine using a work tool vision system, the method comprising:
- sensing data related to the image of a work tool;
- selecting a template of an image of a work tool;
- and
- if the sensed data of the image of a work tool matches the template of an image of a work tool, displaying the sensed image of the work tool after modifying the sensed image of the work tool by at least zooming and centering automatically on a portion of the sensed data of the image.
A work tool vision system for monitoring the movement of a work tool, the system comprising:
- a sensor;
- and
- an electronic controller unit coupled to the sensor, wherein the electronic controller unit is configured to:
- sense the position of the work tool at a first time interval;
- sense the position of the work tool at a second time interval;
- and
- zoom and center automatically on a portion of the sensed data of the work tool taken at the second time interval if the position of the work tool relative to the sensor has changed from the first time interval to the second time interval.
An electronic controller unit of a machine comprising:
- a memory including computer executable instructions for recognizing a work tool;
- and
- a processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute the computer executable instructions, the computer executable instructions when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
- sense data regarding a work tool attached to the machine;
- compare the sensed data to a data template of the work tool;
- and
- modify the sensed data if at least a portion of the sensed data matches the data template of the work tool by at least zooming and centering automatically on a portion of the sensed data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.